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Airmen Memorial Bolsward

This monument, established on 4 May 2008, dedicates the American airmen who died in a crash nearby Bolsward. The memorial consits of a boulder with a plaque attached on it with the following inscription:
THEY FELL FOR
OUR FREEDOM
IN MEMORY
OF THE CREW
OF THE B24-445TH B.G.

DECEMBER 22, 1943

NORMAN M. NELSON
GEORGE J. CLARK
CONRAD SILVERMAN
MARTIN P. BULGER
GEORGE H. ENTZMINGER
CHARLES E. SMITH
WALTER DERDZENSKI
FRANCIS H. FOLKNER
ASHA P. SMALL
JAMES V. KING.

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Source

  • Text: Kaj Metz
  • Photos: Kevin de Nijs

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